EP2265022A3 - Improvements In Receivers For Television Signals - Google Patents

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EP2265022A3
EP2265022A3 EP10183199A EP10183199A EP2265022A3 EP 2265022 A3 EP2265022 A3 EP 2265022A3 EP 10183199 A EP10183199 A EP 10183199A EP 10183199 A EP10183199 A EP 10183199A EP 2265022 A3 EP2265022 A3 EP 2265022A3
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television signals
channels
receivers
receiver
list
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French (fr)
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EP2265022A2 (en
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Christopher Peter Townsend
David Holliday
Robin Crossley
Alun David Webber
Nicolas James
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Sky CP Ltd
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Priority claimed from GBGB9526304.2A external-priority patent/GB9526304D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9616406.6A external-priority patent/GB9616406D0/en
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Publication of EP2265022A2 publication Critical patent/EP2265022A2/en
Publication of EP2265022A3 publication Critical patent/EP2265022A3/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4753—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/47805—Electronic banking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/47815—Electronic shopping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet

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  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Input Circuits Of Receivers And Coupling Of Receivers And Audio Equipment (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
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Abstract

A receiver, for receiving television signals in a plurality of channels, is arranged to display a list of channels receivable by the receiver, and further comprises a user operable selector operable to select, from the list, channels for which details will not be displayable by the receiver in a listing of channels.
EP10183199A 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements In Receivers For Television Signals Ceased EP2265022A3 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9526304.2A GB9526304D0 (en) 1995-05-22 1995-12-22 Interactive services interface
GBGB9616406.6A GB9616406D0 (en) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Improvements in receivers for television signals
EP96939173A EP0868816B1 (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals
EP08013518A EP1986434A3 (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals
EP01203149A EP1158802B1 (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals

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EP96939173.9 Division 1997-07-03
EP01203149.8 Division 2001-08-20
EP08013518.9 Division 2008-07-28

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EP2265022A2 EP2265022A2 (en) 2010-12-22
EP2265022A3 true EP2265022A3 (en) 2011-01-19

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JP (2) JP4264851B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE216167T1 (en)
AU (1) AU7631696A (en)
DE (1) DE69620631T2 (en)
DK (1) DK0868816T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2175148T3 (en)
IL (3) IL125011A (en)
NO (1) NO324918B1 (en)
PT (1) PT868816E (en)
WO (1) WO1997023997A1 (en)

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IL159271A0 (en) 2004-06-01
EP0868816B1 (en) 2002-04-10
NO324918B1 (en) 2008-01-07
IL125011A0 (en) 1999-01-26
EP0868816A1 (en) 1998-10-07
PT868816E (en) 2002-07-31
IL125011A (en) 2004-07-25
DE69620631T2 (en) 2002-10-24
AU7631696A (en) 1997-07-17
JP4264851B2 (en) 2009-05-20
ATE216167T1 (en) 2002-04-15
WO1997023997A1 (en) 1997-07-03
CA2241368C (en) 2004-08-17
JP2000502846A (en) 2000-03-07
IL159272A0 (en) 2004-06-01
NO982805L (en) 1998-08-20
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